Pistachio Cookies

Ingredients

  • Cookies
  • 1 cup Crisco shortening
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp. almond extract
  • 7 cups flour (you may need more)
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 box instant pistachio pudding mix
  • 5 tsps. baking powder
  • 1 cup chopped nuts of choice (I used ½ cup each walnuts and pistachios)
  • 10 drops green food coloring
  • Icing Glaze
  • 2½ cups powdered sugar
  • 3 Tbsps. butter, melted
  • 3 Tbsps. milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla or almond extract

    • Directions

    1. Cookies.
    2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
    3. Cream Crisco, sugar and eggs together.
    4. Add remaining cake ingredients except the nuts to form a soft dough.
    5. Sprinkle in nuts and knead them into the dough.
    6. Pinch off chunks of dough and roll into ping pong size balls, placing them on a non stick cookie tray.
    7. Bake 14-16 minutes.
    8. Allow to cool completely before adding the glaze.
    9. Glaze.
    10. Mix glaze ingredients together in a large bowl and spoon over each baked cookie. Allow to set 45 minutes.

    Notes

  • Makes about 4 dozen.

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